The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared winner of the just concluded presidential election in Zamfara state.
The collation officer for Zamfara state presidential election, Professor Kashim Shehu of the Federal University of Birnin Kebbi, said Tinubu polled 298,396 votes.
Professor Shehu further stated that the APC’s Tinubu won 12 out of 14 local government areas in the state while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won two.
The former Lagos state governor was closely followed by Atiku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with 193,978 votes.
Meanwhile, other top contenders, according to Professor Shehu included Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) who scored 4,044 votes and the Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) who scored 1,660 votes.
He also declared that votes in 167 polling units were cancelled due to over-voting, insecurity and disruption by thugs.
“The total number of registered voters in the state is 1,879,308, while 527,137 of them were accredited for the poll,” he said.
However, a total of 502,923 valid votes were recorded and 16,508 invalid votes, bringing the total votes cast to 519,431.
